Born in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts
Ancestors 
Daughter of Experience Porter
and Abigail (Williams) Porter
Sister of
Theodia (Porter) Walbridge, Hannah (Porter) Storrs, Experience Porter Jr., John Porter, Nathaniel Porter Sr, Martha (Porter) Storrs, Martha Porter, Eunice (Porter) Storrs and Mehitable (Porter) Barrows
Wife of
Benjamin Benedict
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died
at about age 89
in Bethel, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 27 Oct 2011
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Biography
Abigail was born in 1707 and is the daughter of Experience Porter and Abigail Williams. She died about 1797.
Research Notes
I think this profile is a mixture of two Abigail Porter's.
I think a different (not the daughter of Experience) Abigail Porter (1717 - 1797) married Benjamin Benedict. The parents of the Abigail Porter that married Benjamin Benedict seemed to be unknown.
The daughter of Experience Porter married Nehemiah Esabrook on 18 Oct 1744 and she died 7 Dec 1770. Per Book Title: Genealogy of the Estabrook Family, including the Esterbrook and Easterbrooks, in the United States page 22 per their marriage record she was born in 1707.
It cannot be the same person as they are both having children with their respective spouses at the same time.
Sources
- Source: S221 Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Title: International Genealogical Index (R) Abbreviation: Family Search IGI Publication: www.familysearch.org Copyright (c) 1980, 2002 Italicized: Y Paranthetical: Y
- "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7V1-4BM : 3 December 2014), Abigail Benedict, 27 Apr 1797; citing , reference 117; FHL microfilm 3,320.
- Find A Grave: Memorial #21148830
- Manual of The Congregational Church in Bethel, Conn., May 16, 1887 (Case, Lockwood & Brainard, Hartford, Conn., 1887) Page 20.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Abigail by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Abigail:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Abigail by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Abigail:
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~0.78%
Janice Evans
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